Mad about hats

In the month of October there are many photo opportunities to take pictures of the kids in Halloween costumes, pumpkins and fall decor.

I decided to draw my inspiration from this photo this month:


These colors are so vibrant and fun. Once I saw these colors, I knew that I had the perfect photos to go with them.

I had these photos of my daughter in her "Mad Hatter" Halloween costume last year. Her costume was so bright and cheery that I wanted to use bright colors to accentuate the photos instead of traditional Halloween colors. The papers from the Fun house and Youthful Eggsubarance collections matched pefectly.

Mad Hatter layout:


Here is a detail shot:

I handcut the target symbol then used a star punch to dress it up. I added chipboard flags and twine from the fun house collection. I decided to do a fun journaling spot clustered with tickets to carry the "fun house theme"




To complete this project I used papers and embellishments from the Funhouse collection, and the youthful eggsubarance collection.


I hope this layout inspires you to scrap those Halloween photos using non- traditional colors.

October owl technique

I hope that your fall is off to a great start. I love to spend my fall months creating lots of cute home decor. Something about the cooler temps makes me want to spend my days inside dressing up my home.

I have been finding a lot of inspiration on Pinterest lately and I came across this cute owl:


I thought that it would be cute to make my own similar plush creation out of paper.

I started this project by hand drawing an owl shape onto pattern paper.

I cut out two. 1 to use as a backing and 1 to use as the front side.

I then dressed up the front side with some basic shapes that I cut using my Slice (Making Memories tool) and lots of yummy GCD papers.


Next, I used paper towels to stuff my owl, to make him plump and cute and look like a plush figure
(you can also use tissues for this).
I used strong adhesive 450 quick dry glue from Helmars to close up the seams and edges as I stuffed. After he was stuffed I set him aside to dry.

Next, I chose some chipboard pieces from Melody Ross's chip art collection to use as the owl's feet.

I painted them white, then attached them to the bottom of the owl.

Here is the final project:
This owl is bright and cheery and sure to lift our spirits on a cold fall day.

to create the body I used papers from the youthful eggsuberance line by Heather Tozzi.

sunday morning paper


celebration paper:


eggscellent paper:


for the eyes I used:

easter basket paper b side:


and I used two papers from the Material girls line:

the sweetest thing paper (flower shape around the eye):


For the eye (heart shape) I created custom buttons using the Epiphany Crafts heart shape studio tool and girly girl paper.


I hope this project inspires you to make a cute fall plush for your home!

busy day ahead...

Good morning everyone, I have a busy day ahead. My daughter and her classmates have term1 finals for 7th grade today. Can't believe the year is going by so fast! I am driving the carpool today and taking them out to Starbucks this morning for a special treat before testing. I just wanted to post a couple of quick cards before I go...
I made these quick cards for a challenge last week.

I miss you card

I cut the flowers on this with my Slice, and then added stitching, lace and brads. I also used Crate paper, Sassafras lass and Glitz (sticker).


HB wishes

I added stitching on this one with my Sew Easy from We R Memory Makers I also used October Afternoon papers, Basic Grey pops. TFS!

Thanks for letting me share! Enjoy your day!

I've been a busy girl...

working on DT assignments, magazine submissions, and buying up as many border punches as I can. Call me crazy, but I am obsessed with border punches. Another thing that I have really enjoyed working with lately are black and white photos. Here is a recent layout that I have done in the past week using black and white photos.

Fashion & Design & Dreams layout



I used papers from Cosmo Cricket's Social Club collection and Epiphany Crafts round 25 shape studio tool
Did you see the border punch in the bottom corner. It is a new zig zag punch that I bought from EK Success.


Thanks for stopping by and letting me share. What trends/supplies have you been really into lately?

WCMD cards

Hi everyone,
I wanted to share with you some cards that I made last weekend for World Card Making Day

You're special card:

I created this card using Epiphany Crafts round 14 shape studio maker, round 14 bubblecaps, and round charm settings.
Papers are from Jillibean soup.

thank you card:

I created this card using Epiphany Crafts heart button studio maker, and heart acrylic buttons.
Papers are from American Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by!

This month Epiphany Crafts did a cross promotion with ClearSnap and I was asked to create projects that would promote both companies and make their products shine. It wasn't hard to do, because everything that Epiphany and ClearSnap makes are incredible.

First up is a layout that I created...

Random layout:


I used die cut stars as a mask and sprayed over them with Donna's smooch spritz - seabreeze blue.
I used Clear Snap poolside blue ink to ink around the edges of the title. I used Epiphany crafts star shape
studio tool and star shaped bubblecaps.

next is a card...

Have a sweet day card:


I used Donna Salazar smooch spritz colors - tea party and mixed berries on the lollipops and stamped the lollipop images with the Razzberry inkpad.
The sentiment is also stamped in Razzberry.
I used Epiphany Crafts button studio round 14, and round 14 acrylic buttons.

and last I have another layout...

Follow your Dreams layout:




supplies used:
I used EC round 14 button studio maker and round 14 acrylic buttons
Clear snap: watermark ink pad
pumpkin pie ink
Smooch frosted aqua pearlized accents
pralines and cream smooch spritz
Smooch Ocean soul pearlized accents

I used Clear snap: watermark ink pad on the flowers then embossed with clear embossing powder. After the flowers dried I rubbed on pumpkin pie ink (from the poolside collection), then added details to to the flowers using Smooch frosted aqua pearlized accents. I used pralines and cream smooch spritz on the bracket photo borders (bottom left, and top right). I also wrote the words follow your dreams in Smooch Ocean soul.

I had so much fun designing these projects, thanks for letting me share!

Life is better with you

Good morning friends, looking forward to a fun Saturday. I am taking my daughter to a cheer performance, then scrapping with some of my local friends - Ashley Newell, Marie Ramirez, Tricia Wilson, and Kristi Lewis.


I wanted to share with you a recent layout that I made for Epiphany Crafts using their round 14 shape studio tool, round 14 bubblecaps, and felt flowers.

Life is better with you:


Tip- I Created a fun border by cutting my felt flowers in half and lining them up on the page, then adding custom shaped epoxies from Epiphany Crafts.
Supplies:
Pattern paper: Remnant paper, junk drawer paper - Odds and Ends collection (Cosmo Cricket)
All systems go paper - Rocket age collection (October Afternoon), Pearls paper - Portrait collection (Crate paper)
Twin lakes paper -Campy Trails collection (American Crafts), Giclee paper - Out of print collection (Basic Grey),
kindle paper - sunshine broadcast collection (Sassafrass Lass)
tools: round 14 shape studio tool, round 14 bubblecaps, felt flowers (Epiphany Crafts)

I cut their felt flowers in half to create a fun border across the bottom of my page. So fun!
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your Saturday.